Hazardous waste management rules India

Hazardous waste management, Petroleum transportation rules, forms and procedures, categories of hazardous waste

1. Legislation India- Hazchem Transport 1. Motor Vehicle act, 1988 The Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 2. The Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 Chemical Accidents (Emergency Planning, Preparedness and Response) Rules, 1996 Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2016 Manufacture, Storage and Import of Hazardous Chemicals Rules, 1989 The Batteries (Management and Handling) Rules 2001 The Bio-Medical Wastes Management Rules, 2016 E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2016 The manufacture, use, import, export and storage of hazardous micro organisms genetically engineered organisms or cells rules, 1989 Hazardous Substances (Classification, Packaging and Labelling) Rules, 2011 (Draft) Chemical Accidents (Emergency Planning, Preparedness and Response) Rules, 1996 3 . Public Liability Insurance Act, 1991 Public Liability Insurance Rules, 1991 4. The Petroleum Act, 1934 The Petroleum Rules, 2002 5. The Explosives Act, 1884 The Explosives Rules, 1983 The Gas Cylinder Rules, 2004 The Static and Mobile Pressure Vessels (Unfired) Rules, 1981

2. International Treaties related to chemical management & India’s participation Sl. No International treaties related to chemical management Responsible government agencies in India 1 Agenda21-Commission for Sustainable Development Ministry of External Affairs, Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change 2 United Nations environment programme (UNEP) London Guidelines Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change 3 Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Code of Conduct Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change 4 The Rotterdam Convention –Prior Informed Consent(PIC) Procedure for certain hazardous chemicals and pesticides in international trade Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change 5 Montreal Protocol Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change 6 International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention 170 Ministry of Labour 7 Basel Convention Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change 8 London Convention (Stockholm Dumping Guidelines) Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways, Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change 9 Chemical Weapon Convention Cabinet Secretariat 10 Stockholm Convention on POPs Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change 11 Bilateral Agreements Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change Source: Balaji et al., 2014

3. Categories of Hazardous waste Industrial wastes (hazardous) generated during production such as rejects/process residues, spent chemicals/solvents, spent catalysts, hazardous dust collected from air pollution control devices, sludge arising from wastewater treatment plants etc., Date-expired products such as obsolete pesticides and medicines, Discarded products such as fluorescent bulbs and tubes containing mercury, used batteries etc E-waste Hazardous waste from demolition including ship breaking activities, Used oil/waste oil, and Used Lead Acid Batteries. Radioactive waste Bio-medical waste Source: National hazardous waste management strategy, 2008, http://indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/NationalHazardous.pdf As per Hazardous and other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2016 there are more than 38 categories of hazardous waste, but the above classification is to simplify the classification

4. Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2016 Sl. No Activity Authority MoEF State Govt. SPCB CPCB 1 Survey & inventorization of HW generators and processors X 2 Grant authorization for handling hazardous waste to sites and operators X 3 Inspect facilities/infrastructure/technical capabilities in hazardous waste units X 4 Suspend/refuse/can authorization for handling hazardous waste X 5 Identify and notify sites for hazardous waste treatment/disposal facilities X X 6 Facilitate environmental impact assessment studies before identifying sites X X 7 Collect, collate and publish list of abandoned hazardous waste dump sites X 8 Establish a system for filing annual returns and reporting accidents by hazardous waste facilities and operators X 9 Process and grant permits for the import of hazardous waste to sites in India X 10 Examine and permit/refuse exporters’ requests for the importation of hazardous waste into India X 11 Issue instructions to hazardous waste importers X 12 Inform port authorities to take appropriate steps for the safe handling of hazardous waste at ports X X 13 Inspect records of imports X X X 14 Process appeals X

5. Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2016 Chapters in rules Details Chapter - 1 Preliminary Chapter – 2 Procedure for management of Hazardous and other wastes Chapter – 3 Import and export of Hazardous and other wastes Chapter – 4 Treatment, storage and disposal facility for hazardous and other wastes Chapter - 5 Packaging, labelling, and transport of Hazardous and other wastes. Chapter - 6 Miscellaneous Various forms required for Store & handling Hazardous waste Form Details Form Details Form - 1 Application required for grant/renewal of authorization for generation or collection or storage or transport or reception or recycling or reuse or recovery or pre-processing or co-processing or utilization or treatment or disposal of hazardous and other waste Form – 7 Application form for one-time authorisation of traders for part- d of schedule iii, waste Form – 2 Form for grant or renewal of authorization by state pollution control board to the occupiers, recyclers, re-processors, re-users, user and operators of disposal facilities Form – 8 Labelling of containers of hazardous and other waste Form – 3 Format for maintaining records of hazardous and other wastes Form – 9 Transport emergency (TREM) card Form – 4 Form for filing annual returns Form - 10 Manifest for hazardous and other waste Form - 5 Application for import or export of hazardous and other waste for reuse or recycling or recovery or co-processing or utilization Form – 11 Format for reporting accident Form – 6 Transboundary movement- movement document Form - 12 Application for filing appeal against the order passed by state pollution control board

6. The sender of the waste shall prepare seven copies of the manifest in Form 10 comprising of colour code indicated below and all seven copies shall be signed by the sender: Copy number Colour code Purpose Copy - 1 White To be forwarded by the sender to the State Pollution Control Board after signing all the seven copies Copy – 2 Yellow To be retained by the sender after taking signature on it from the transporter and the rest of the five signed copies to be carried by the transporter. Copy – 3 Pink To be retained by the receiver (actual user or treatment storage and disposal facility operator) after receiving the waste and the remaining four copies are to be duly signed by the receiver Copy – 4 Orange To be handed over to the transporter by the receiver after accepting waste Copy – 5 Green To be sent by the receiver to the State Pollution Control Board. Copy - 6 Blue To be sent by the receiver to the sender Copy - 7 Grey To be sent by the receiver to the State Pollution Control Board of the sender in case the sender is in another State.